React Homecare – Derbyshire

Strengths and weak spots in the ratings

Looking at the five areas: Safe, Effective and Well-led are rated below Good; 2 other areas are Good.

Across Derbyshire, 4 of 109 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Safe (4%), while 4 of 109 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Effective (4%), while 8 of 109 rated agencies are Requires improvement for Well-led (7%).

The Safe, Effective and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.

History with CQC

React Homecare – Derbyshire has been registered with CQC since November 2024, about 1 year.

One overall rating to date: Requires improvement, published May 2022.

At 4 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

Note that a different provider ran the service when it was rated; the current one has not been inspected here so far.

Budgeting for this agency

We estimate visits from React Homecare – Derbyshire at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.

A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Derbyshire Council after a needs and financial assessment.

How it fits locally

There are 8 other agencies within 3 miles, 6 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Yourlife (Buxton), under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (3 of the nearest 12).

3 of the 9 nearest rated agencies have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Barms ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB.

Who runs it

React Homecare – Derbyshire is run by Provide Care Solutions Limited (company 04331279), incorporated in 2001, 23 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 6 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Provide Care Solutions Limited runs 6 CQC-registered services across 6 council areas; 4 of the 6 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (67%), against 87% for the same mix of services across England.